| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Polydactylus Lacepède, 1803 |
Synonymised taxa | |
Polynemus quadrifilis Cuvier, 1829 (basionym)
Trichidion quadrifilis (Cuiver, 1829)
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| Sources | |
additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]
additional source: Motomura, H. (2004). Threadfins of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of polynemid species known to date. Family Polynemidae. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 3. Rome, FAO. 117 p., 151 figs, 6 pls. [details]
additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]
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Vernacular Names | | | Language | Name | | |
English |
giant African threadfin (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Fon |
chikoué |
[details] |
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Fon |
gainfio |
[details] |
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French |
capitaine (from synonym) |
[details] |
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French |
gros capitaine (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Kabuverdianu |
barbo (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Mandinka |
sori (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Portuguese |
barbudo (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Portuguese |
barbudo-gigante (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Portuguese |
capitão (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Portuguese |
peixe-barba (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Spanish |
barbudo gigante africano (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Wolof |
njaane (from synonym) |
[details] |
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Wolof |
njaane jaara (from synonym) |
[details] |
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Distribution | | type locality: Senegal (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
FAO fishing area 34 [details]
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| Specimen | |
Holotype (from synonym): MNHN 756, locality Senegal [view taxon]
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| Host of | |
Caligus mauritanicus Brian, 1924 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus vexator Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernanthropus gisleri van Beneden, 1832 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Thysanote exornata Brian, 1939 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus mauritanicus minuscula Brian, 1924 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To ITIS
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| Image | |
Polydactylus quadrifilis added on 2008-12-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276599 |
Taxonomic Edit history | |
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| | | [Taxonomic tree] [Distribution map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images] |
| | | Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Polydactylus quadrifilis (Cuvier, 1829). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276599 on 2013-05-19 |
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